Social welfare per capita: Hong Kong spends 76% more than Singapore?
I refer to the article “HK commission to tackle poverty” (Straits Times, Nov 10). Singapore’s social welfare spending $2.13b According to the Revenue and Expenditure…
Education
PSLE Maths: Malays 60.1%, Chinese 89.4%
I refer to the Ministry of Education’s press release on 29 October “Major ethnic groups performed better at GCE “A” Level exam”. It states that…
Foreign students’ fees increase to 37 times citizens’: So, apply for citizen/PR?
Fees increase for all Secondary school fees will increase to as much as $670 a month for foreign students (non-ASEAN) from January next year. The…
A statistical perspective to the NDR speech
I refer to the National Day Rally speech.http://www.channelnewsasia.com/annex/ND2012_PMLEE_ENGTEXT.pdf How many Singaporean graduate students? “Proudly told me his two children were graduates i.The daughter (Huey Sun)…
Is Mendaki TTFS fully funded by Govt?
TTFS question in Parliament In response to my article “Give more funds to Mendaki”, (Jul 20), there is a posting on facebook – Mohamed Fairoz:…
Why increase fees of local students?
Today From Leong Sze Hian 04:45 AM Jul 25, 2012 School fees for students who are permanent residents (PRs) and international students in government and…
Give more funds to Mendaki
Published by The Online Citizen on July 20, 2012 By Leong Sze Hian- I refer to the articles “More aid for poor Chinese families to…
Foreigners’ school fees up, Singaporeans’ too?
July 16, 2012 By Leong Sze Hian School fees for students who are permanent residents (PRs), international students in government and government-aided schools will go…
Hong Kong better than S’pore?
I refer to the article “Memo to CY, Singapore isn’t better off” by Jake van der Kamp (South China Morning Post, Jun 12). Negative net…
SPP Financial Literacy Awareness Programme (1st Intake)
About the Programme The programme aims to inculcate financial literacy skills to Singaporeans so that they can be savvier in making important life decisions from…